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Questions

1. Who is the soldier – what does he represent?

2. Which comic device do the cartoonists use to make their point? Explain your choice.
a) hyperbole
b) caricature
c) irony
d) understatement


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Cartoon by Margolis & Cox

Answers

1. Who is the soldier – what does he represent?
The soldier is “Uncle Sam” – he is the symbol of the U.S. – he represents the U.S./the U.S. government.
In 1917, the Uncle Sam image (the U.S. government) was used in a WWI recruitment poster with the slogan “I want you for U.S. Army”

2. Which comic device do the cartoonists use to make their point? Explain your choice.
The cartoonists use:
c) irony: when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs

The cartoonist did not use:

a) hyperbole, which is an extreme magnification or exaggeration of actuality. It blows something completely out of proportion for a distorted effect.

b) caricature, which is exaggerating or distorting specific physical features or personality traits of a usually well-known person’s features — such as a large nose or distinct hairstyle — to create a humorous, exaggerated, or satirical likeness

d) understatement, which is a figure of speech that deliberately represents something as less serious, smaller, or less important than it actually is.